Kalat

or Khe·lat

[ kuh-laht ]

noun
  1. a region in S Baluchistan, in SW Pakistan.

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How to use Kalat in a sentence

  • The Kalat fortress is only of minor importance as the guardian of the Mula stairway to the plains of India.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich
  • Istakhri makes it three days, the distance from Bahu Kalat to Sarbaz being about 80 miles.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich
  • From Kalat he wandered at leisure northward till he overlooked the Dasht-i-bedaulat from the heights of Chahiltan.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich
  • However, for the time he was forced to return to Urmara on the Makran coast, from which place he hoped to reach Kalat.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich
  • Kalat again was his first 373 objective, and to reach that place he followed very much the same route as before.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich

British Dictionary definitions for Kalat

Kalat

Khelat

/ (kəˈlɑːt) /


noun
  1. a region of SW Pakistan, in S Baluchistan: formerly a princely state ruled by the Khan of Kalat, which joined Pakistan in 1948

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